Use EICAR Test String to find Antivirus Effectiveness

When ever you will search for best antivirus on Google, you will be bombarded with tons of options. Most of ant viruses company will claim that your system is infected with viruses and your current Anti-virus program is ineffective to detect viruses and spywares on your system.

Here I’m sharing a quick tip which will help you to find if your currently installed Anti-virus is effective or useless. For this test I’m using Nod 32 antivirus software.

Now save this notepad file and scan it using your antivirus. If your antivirus detects this as virus or threat, this means your Antivirus software is working and is effective. Here is a screenshot using my Antivirus:

In case if your antivirus failed to detect this is threat or virus. It’s time to change your Antivirus.